relajar

v.

to relax.

El descanso afloja la tensión Rest relaxes stress.

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relajar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to relax

2 figurado to loosen, slacken

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ser relajante) to be relaxing

■ el masaje relaja massage is relaxing

► verbo pronominal relajarse

1 (descansar) to relax

2 figurado (en las costumbres) to let oneself go

3 (dilatarse) to slacken

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verb

to relax

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1. VT

1) (=sosegar) to relax

2) (=suavizar) to slacken, loosen

3) [moralmente] to weaken, corrupt

4) LAm [comida] to cloy, sicken, disgust

5) Caribe (=hacer mofa de) to mock, deride; (=escarnecer) to poke fun at

2.

See:

relajarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <músculo/persona/mente> to relax

2) (RPl arg) (insultar) to lay into (colloq)

2.

relajar vi

1) ejercicio/música to be relaxing

2) (CS fam) (empalagar)

es tan dulce que relaja — it's sickly sweet

3.

relajarse v pron

1)

a) (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax; (tras período de tensión) to relax, unwind

b) tensión to ease; ambiente to become more relaxed

2) (degenerar) costumbres/moral to decline

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= relax.

Ex. The moment we relax on it -- we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made -- then we are in trouble.

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* relajar la tensión = ease + tension.

* relajarse = relax, hang + loose, take it + easy, chill out, unwind, wind down, mellow out.

* relajarse en las obligaciones = be asleep at the wheel.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <músculo/persona/mente> to relax

2) (RPl arg) (insultar) to lay into (colloq)

2.

relajar vi

1) ejercicio/música to be relaxing

2) (CS fam) (empalagar)

es tan dulce que relaja — it's sickly sweet

3.

relajarse v pron

1)

a) (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax; (tras período de tensión) to relax, unwind

b) tensión to ease; ambiente to become more relaxed

2) (degenerar) costumbres/moral to decline

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= relax.

Ex: The moment we relax on it -- we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made -- then we are in trouble.

* relajar la tensión = ease + tension.

* relajarse = relax, hang + loose, take it + easy, chill out, unwind, wind down, mellow out.

* relajarse en las obligaciones = be asleep at the wheel.

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relajar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹músculo› to relax; ‹persona/mente› to relax

B (RPl arg) (insultar) to lay into (colloq), to tear into (AmE)

■ relajar

vi

A «ejercicio/música» to be relaxing

B

(CS fam) «dulce/postre»: es tan dulce que relaja it's sickly sweet

■ relajarse

v pron

A

1 (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax; (tras un período de tensión) to relax, unwind

relájate que estás muy tenso loosen up o relax, you're very tense

necesita unas vacaciones para relajarse you need a vacation to relax o to unwind

2 «tensión» to ease; «ambiente» to become more relaxed

B (degenerar) to decline

C

(RPl fam) (descontrolarse): se relajó y se puso a contar chistes verdes he got out of hand o he let himself go and started telling dirty jokes

los chiquilines se relajaron the children started clowning around (colloq)

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relajar (conjugate relajar) verbo transitivo ‹músculo/persona/mente› to relax
verbo intransitivo [ejercicio/música] to be relaxing
relajarse verbo pronominal
1

a) (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax;

(tras período de tensión, mucho trabajo) to relax, unwind

b) [tensión] to ease;

[ambiente] to become more relaxed
2 (degenerar) [costumbres/moral] to decline
relajar verbo transitivo
1 (los músculos, la mente) to relax
2 (una ley, una norma) to relax
'relajar' also found in these entries:
English:
relax
- ease

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relajar

♦ vt

1. [distender] to relax;

una ducha te relajará a shower will relax you o help you relax

2. [hacer menos estricto] to relax

3. PRico [burlarse de] to make fun of, to mock

4. RP [rezongar] to scold, to tell off;

me fui porque se pasaba relajándome I left him because he was always pulling me to pieces;

su madre descubrió el secreto y la relajó toda her mother discovered the secret and gave her an almighty row

♦ See also the pronominal verb relajarse

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relajar

v/t relax

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relajar vt

: to relax, to slacken

relajar vi

: to be relaxing

♦ See also the reflexive verb relajarse